Inspired by Chapter 8 of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Alright, to be honest with You, I’m really getting
tired of this apple orchard!
I thought I made a good, sound DECISION when I started
it. I mean, apples are about the most popular and
versatile fruit – all the things made from them
(Chapter 6), and folks love to combine them with other
fruits like cranberries.
I have a contact with a great wholesale buyer who
purchases most of my crop. They have a streamlined
operation, so they can afford to pay me the best
possible price for my apples. Over the past few seasons
I’ve been amazed at how much more they’ve been willing
to pay as their company has grown in size. They have a
long-term business plan, so I know they will be here to
buy apples from my children long after I’m gone. I know
the owners of the company personally, and I trust their
integrity beyond any doubt.
But the blizzards this year have made it really hard to
get out to the orchard, and I need to check the trees
for diseases and treat them if needed. What if we have
a long, cool spring this year? Then the blossoms will
come late and the apples will not mature in time for
harvest. To top it off, my idiot neighbor ran down a
section of my fence last week with his tractor!
Wait a minute! I just got a pretty, glossy brochure in
the mail about PEARS! It’s says pears are going to be
the next big fruit. Everybody is going to want candy
pears, pear sauce, pear butter, pear cider, and even
pear schnapps. The new phrase will be, “Mom and Pear
Pie!”
I can get in on the ground floor. Woo-HOO!
Uh, oh… Isn’t growing pears a lot like growing
apples? The trees require the same climate and have
similar challenges.
Wait a minute! Here’s a brochure from Florida about
ORANGE groves! Oranges rank up there in popularity with
apples. Plus I wouldn’t have to deal with blizzards
anymore…
And, if I get bored with oranges, there are always
lemons, limes, and grapefuit. Maybe even pomegranates.
Uh, oh… Didn’t they have a lot of frost damage down
there the last two years?
Maybe I could try something sexy and exotic like
papaya, kiwi, or passion fruit. Hey, I like the sound
of that… PASSION FRUIT!
Maybe I ought to just get out of the fruit business
entirely. At least THAT would be a grown-up DECISION.
A grown-up DECISION is one made with both HEAD and
HEART – not just one or the other. My good friend Don
Smith from Denver said there are three elements:
CHOICE, COMMITMENT, and ACTION.
It takes a long time for apple seedlings to grow-up and
become an income-producing orchard, and the effort does
not stop there – the orchard must be maintained.
Choice without Commitment is not a Decision. Commitment
without Choice is dangerous. If there is no ACTION,
there was no DECISION.
How about Action without Choice and Commitment? Sounds
insane… but unfortunately describes most people in
the world: Folks who allow circumstances and
manipulation by others to determine the course of their
lives. They have NEVER MADE A GROWN-UP DECISION.
Perhaps people PROCRASTINATE for FEAR of making a
MISTAKE. For a Critical Thinker, there ARE NO MISTAKES,
just LESSONS LEARNED.
Hill says, DECIDE PROMPTLY, and CHANGE Decisions
SLOWLY. I would rather work with five people who Decide
Slowly but never waiver, than 5,000 who Decide Promptly
and give-up just as Promptly.
Your Friend and Servant,
Ken Klemm – Florida, USA
P.S. The POWER of DECISION: Studies on the effect of
prayer show that the square root of one percent of a
population can affect change in the entire population.
Explains how a tiny group of folks could seed a
movement, among people resistant to abandon the safety
and security of the Crown, to form a new,
SELF-DETERMINED nation.
Likewise, 8,000 of us – together in HARMONY, speaking
the LANGUAGE of COMPASSION – can change the entire
world!
Originally published at 30DayMentalCleanse.info
Ken Klemm
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